Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell
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The Right Honourable The Lord Herschell GCB PC DL FRS |
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| Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 6 February 1886 – 20 July 1886 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | The Lord Halsbury |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Halsbury |
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In office 18 August 1892 – 21 June 1895 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
William Ewart Gladstone The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | The Lord Halsbury |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Halsbury |
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| Born | 2 November 1837 |
| Died |
1 March 1899 (aged 61) Washington D. C., United States |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University College London |
Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell GCB PC DL FRS (2 November 1837 – 1 March 1899) was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in 1886, and again from 1892 to 1895.
His parents were Helen Skirving Mowbray and the Rev. Ridley Haim Herschell, who was a native of Strzelno, in Prussian Poland. When Ridley was a young man, he converted from Judaism to Christianity and took a leading part in founding the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews. He eventually settled down to the charge of a Nonconformist chapel near the Edgware Road, in London, where he ministered to a large congregation. Farrer was educated at a private school and at University College London. In 1857 he took his BA degree at University College London, University of London. He was regarded as the best speaker at the University College London Union Debating Society.
Herschell's reputation persisted after he became a law student at Lincoln's Inn. In 1858 he entered the chambers of Thomas Chitty, the famous special pleader. His fellow pupils included Archibald Levin Smith, subsequently Master of the Rolls, and Arthur Charles who became a judge of the Queen's Bench. He subsequently read with James Hannen, who went on to become Lord Hannen. His fellow pupils gane him the sobriquet "Chief Baron" because of his air of superiority. In 1860 he was called to the bar and joined the northern circuit.
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